SOC254 Chapters in Cultural Sociology

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2012
Rozsah
1/1/0. 12 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
prof. Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Karina Hoření (pomocník)
Mgr. Ali Türünz, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Čt 16:00–17:40 U32
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 50 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/50, pouze zareg.: 0/50, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/50
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 19 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
Course Description:
Arguably, signs, symbols and meanings have always been the province of sociologists but not always their primary concern. Many believe we have finally taken or are in the midst of taking a “cultural turn” in contemporary sociology. Problems of meaning, discourse, aesthetics, value, textuality, and narrativity, topics traditionally within the purview of humanists, have come to the fore as sociologists increasingly emphasize the role of meanings, symbols, cultural frames and cognitive schema in their theorization of social processes and institutions. This course will chart such a move, providing a wide-ranging overview of the ways in which culture has been conceived and utilized in the evolution of contemporary cultural sociological thought, culminating in the Strong Program beginning in the 1990s in the United States.
Osnova
  • Timetable:
  • Seminar 1: Introduction to course
  • Seminar 2: What is Culture? / Culture in Classical Social Theory
  • Seminar 3: The Durkheimians: Ritual, Classification and the Sacred
  • Seminar 4: Structuralism / Semiotics / The Poststructural Turn.
  • Seminar 5: Culture, Structure, and Agency/ British Cultural Studies
  • Seminar 6: Culture as Text
  • Seminar 7: No class – reading week
  • Seminar 8: Midterm Exam
  • Seminar 9: Strong Program: Social Performance Theory
  • Seminar 10: Strong Program: Classification and Binary Codes
  • Seminar 11: Pressing Issues: Race, Gender and the Body
  • Seminar 12: Pressing Issues: The “Dark Side of Culture”
  • Seminar 13: What to do with Cultural Sociology: Future Prospects
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • ALEXANDER, Jeffrey C. The meanings of social life : a cultural sociology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, 296 p. ISBN 9780195306408. info
  • Culture and society : contemporary debates. Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander - Steven Seidman. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, vii, 375 s. ISBN 0-521-35086-7. info
  • Social performance : symbolic action, cultural pragmatics, and ritual. Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander - Bernhard Giesen - Jason L. Mast. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xv, 374. ISBN 9780521857956. info
  • EDLES, Laura Desfor. Cultural sociology in practice. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, ix, 265 s. ISBN 0-631-21090-3. info
  • INGLIS, David. Culture and everyday life. 1st ed. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005, x, 159. ISBN 0415319269. info
  • SMITH, Philip a Alexander RILEY. Cultural theory : an introduction. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2009, 307 p. ISBN 9781405169073. URL info
Výukové metody
lectures, tests, essay
Metody hodnocení
Conditions for passing the course:

1. Written mid-term exam – 50%
2. Written final exam – 50%
OR
Substitute short (4-6 page) essay for either exam (student's choice)

Particular activities of students will be evaluated as follows:

50% - Mid-term Exam
50% - Final Exam

OR:
50% - Choice of Exam
50% - Optional Essay
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
B. Nadya Jaworsky - Room 3.59
Office Hours:
Mondays 14:00 - 15:30
Wednesdays 16:00 - 17:30
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2011, podzim 2012, podzim 2013, podzim 2014, podzim 2015, podzim 2016, podzim 2017, podzim 2018.